Meghalaya

Shillong, Mar 10 (PTI) A local militant group has allegedly demanded an extortion amount of Rs 30 lakh each from petrol pump owners in two districts of Meghalaya, triggering panic among the businessmen.

Shillong (Meghalaya), Mar 9 : Department of Information Technology in Meghalaya is setting up IT companies to provide the benefits of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to the youth and boost infrastructure in the region.

Shillong, March 9 : The Congress leadership has directed its Meghalaya unit to distance itself from state Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M. Lanong over his alleged defamatory remarks for calling a group of women "venomous vipers".

The Congress leadership has directed its Meghalaya unit to distance itself from state Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M. Lanong over his alleged defamatory remarks for calling a group of women 'venomous vipers'.

Shillong, Mar 9 : Congress president Sonia Gandhi has directed the Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) to disassociate itself from Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M Lanong's statement calling a group of women as 'venomous vipers' 'We are not responsible for any statement made by a non-Congress party member.

Shillong, Mar 9 (PTI) BDR personnel posted a red flag in a disputed area adversely held by India in Meghalaya's Jaintia Hills district, days after the border guards of Bangladesh resorted to unprovoked firing thrice in that area.

Shillong, Mar 8 : Women folks in Meghalaya wore black badges on the centenary international women’s day protesting against State Deputy Chief Minister Dr Bindo Lanong’s calling a group of women 'venomous vipers'.

Shillong, March 8 : All women's organisations Monday boycotted the official International Women's Day celebration in Meghalaya, one of India's matriarchal states, in protest over the deputy chief minister's alleged derogatory remarks against them.

All women's organisations Monday boycotted the official International Women's Day celebration in Meghalaya, one of India's matriarchal states, in protest over the deputy chief minister's alleged derogatory remarks against them.

Shillong, Mar 8 (PTI) Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister B M Lanong's controversial remarks calling women activists "vipers" has evoked vociferous protests from women's organisations who boycotted functions to mark the International Women's Day today.

Shillong, Mar 8 (PTI) Miffed over Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister B M Lanong's alleged derogatory remark, women's organisations today abstained from participating in the official International Women's Day celebration in the state and instead organised a protest rally and signature campaign.

Shillong, March 6 : Meghalaya Chief Minister D.D. Lapang has sought a bigger council of ministers in the state in order to prevent instability.

Shillong (Meghalaya), Mar 5 : Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday inaugurated the 'North East Indira Gandhi Regional Institute for Medical Sciences' (NEIGRIHMS) in Shillong.

Shillong, March 5 : United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Friday inaugurated a 500-bed super specialty hospital here, the first such in the northeast that will provide the best of health facilities in the region.

Shillong, March 5: The central government has given a special grant of Rs.3,900 crore to Meghalaya in the 2010-11 budget for the state's development, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said here Friday.

Shillong, March 5: United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi Friday inaugurated the first postgraduate medical institute in northeast India here and stressed on the need for an urban health programme like the government's flagship rural health scheme.

The central government has given a special grant of Rs.3,900 crore to Meghalaya in the 2010-11 budget for the state's development, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said here Friday.

Shillong, Mar 5 : Bangladesh businessmen have taken Shillong by storm by showcasing a wide variety of goods at the 11th International Shillong Trade Fair in Meghalaya.

Shillong, Mar 4 : Centre's appointed peace interlocutor PC Haldar would soon visit Meghalaya prior to the expiry of the tripartite cease-fire between the state Centre and banned A'chik National Volunteers' Council (ANVC).

Shillong, Mar 4 : Intensifying their agitation against Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister Bindo M Lanong, several women organisations here will boycott the International Women’s day celebrations on March 8.